Top 500 Songs Of 2009 - #100-#91

Instead of twenty-five songs a day, I'll be switching to ten per day in honor of the Top 100 songs on the countdown.

#100 Miike Snow - "Animal" from "Miike Snow" - Love the song, hate the video. It's a good thing MTV doesn't play videos any more. "Animal" is a quirky electronic pop song with a really good chorus.

#99 Sonic Youth - "Anti-Orgasm" from "The Eternal" - "Anti-Orgasm" is a departure from Sonic Youth's recent style of longer, denser songs, calling back to some of their more mainstream albums from the late 80's.

#98 The Very Best - "Warm Heart Of Africa" from "Warm Heart Of Africa" - Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend provides vocal support on the very best song by The Very Best.

#97 The Soft Pack - "Answer To Yourself" from Paste Magazine Sampler - An obscure song from a Paste Sampler CD, but what an amazing song with a great beat and an outstanding chorus.

#96 The Thermals - "When I Was Afraid" from "Now We Can See" - Another great song from the Thermals, who put five songs on this year's countdown.

#95 Franz Ferdinand - "Ulysses" from "Tonight" - "Tonight" wasn't Franz Ferdinand's strongest album, but "Ulysses" is a great indie pop song that calls back to their landmark debut album.

#94 Muse - "United States Of Eurasia" from "The Resistance" - At some point in the middle of this song it becomes very obvious that Muse is trying to be Queen on their latest album, not that there's anything wrong with that because they pulled it off.

#93 U2 - "Breathe" from "No Line On The Horizon" - The best song off of "No Line On The Horizon", despite what every music magazine and web site wants you to think.

#92 Weezer - "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" from "Raditude" - A cool poppy indie rock song with a great hook in the chorus. This is commonly referred to as a "Weezer song".

#91 Modest Mouse - "Satellite Skin" from "No One's First And You're Next" - Many of the best Modest Mouse songs have intense choruses complimenting mellow verses and "Satellite Skin" is a fine example of this type of song.